Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 118:

In page 42, to delete line 15 and substitute the following:

“(a) the Minister for Education and such other Ministers of the Government as it considers appropriate,”.

This arises following engagement with my colleagues in the Department of Education. There is a provision in section 46 for consultation by the HEA with myself, as Minister, and other listed bodies. This includes any Minister of the Government but we thought it was appropriate to specify specifically the Minister for Education, considering the obvious strong links there are between equity and access, participation and promotion of success at first and second level, and the implications for further and higher education. I think it is sensible to clarify what was already intended.